perle

[ purl ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

Origin of perle¹

1885–90; < French: literally, pearl

Perle regretted to say that that wasn't a fair or legitimate question.

Perle acknowledged the point: "I am sorry to say I did not achieve that insight."

Renee Montagne just did an interview with Richard Perle on NPR a bit ago.

Richard Perle 2003: Chairman of the Defense Policy Board, an influential advisory committee for the Pentagon.

In our 2004 book An End to Evil, Richard Perle and I urged a very public American offer to meet and negotiate with Iran.

Those convict musicians were playing Perle d'Italie, as I bring to mind: a faded but graceful melody.

Then his gardeners eye was suddenly arrested by a perle des jardins that was ramping beyond all bounds.

Nothing can be lovelier, you think, till you have put half open Perle des Jardins with a dark purple or azure-blue Pansy.

Item a goodlie devise for her neke set with stone and perle.

The dog was called "Perle" and her second comrade, a peewit-gull, was "Klaus."

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